Arkansas boys

Collected by M* C. Parler Mrs. Drettie Smith
Winslow, Ark. August 25, 1959
Reel 316, Item 1
Arkansas Boys
Come all you Missouri girls and listen to my noise.
Be careful how you marry those Arkansas boys.
For if you do your portion will be
Cold Johnnie cake and venison is all you'll see.
Cold Johnnie cake and venison is all you'll see.
When they go courting what you reckon they say?
First word they say is dad's killed a deer.
Next word they say before they sit down.
Is madam your Johnnie cake is baking too brown.
Is madam your Johnnie cake is baking too brown.
When they go to meeting what you reckon they wear?
Their old brown coats all pitched with tar.
Their old cotton socks they wear the year around.
Their old straw hats more brim than crown.
Their old straw hats more brim than crown.
When they want to ride they'll go to the grass.
Catch them up a wild muley calf.
Tie it around the neck with a grapevine rope And on their journey they will poke.
And on their journey they will poke.
When they go to milk they'll milk it in a gourd.
Strain it in the corner and cover it with a board.
Some gets little and some gets none.
And that is the way with the Arkansas run.
And that is the way with the Arkansas run.
They'll build you a house on yonders hill.
Take you there against your will.
Take you to that miserable place.
And that is the way with the Arkansas race.
And that is the way with the Arkansas race.

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Collected by M* C. Parler Mrs. Drettie Smith
Winslow, Ark. August 25, 1959
Reel 316, Item 1
Arkansas Boys
Come all you Missouri girls and listen to my noise.
Be careful how you marry those Arkansas boys.
For if you do your portion will be
Cold Johnnie cake and venison is all you'll see.
Cold Johnnie cake and venison is all you'll see.
When they go courting what you reckon they say?
First word they say is dad's killed a deer.
Next word they say before they sit down.
Is madam your Johnnie cake is baking too brown.
Is madam your Johnnie cake is baking too brown.
When they go to meeting what you reckon they wear?
Their old brown coats all pitched with tar.
Their old cotton socks they wear the year around.
Their old straw hats more brim than crown.
Their old straw hats more brim than crown.
When they want to ride they'll go to the grass.
Catch them up a wild muley calf.
Tie it around the neck with a grapevine rope And on their journey they will poke.
And on their journey they will poke.
When they go to milk they'll milk it in a gourd.
Strain it in the corner and cover it with a board.
Some gets little and some gets none.
And that is the way with the Arkansas run.
And that is the way with the Arkansas run.
They'll build you a house on yonders hill.
Take you there against your will.
Take you to that miserable place.
And that is the way with the Arkansas race.
And that is the way with the Arkansas race.